Alameda County approves mandatory recycling, plastic bag ban

Gary Wolff, the Executive Director for StopWaste.Org, addresses the Alameda County Waste Management Authority on Wednesday afternoon. The members of the authority voted for two ordinances that will mandate recycling for business and multi-family properties and ban plastic bags to the Alameda County Waste Management Authority.

On Wednesday afternoon, members of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority voted for two ordinances that will require mandatory recycling for businesses and multi-family properties and prohibit stores that sell packaged food from giving out single-use bags. Both ordinances are supposed to help reduce waste in Alameda County.